> if (/Time: (..):(..):(..)/) {
> $hours = $1;
> $minutes = $2;
> $seconds = $3;
> }
>
> This then becomes:
>
> /Time: (?$hours=..):(?$minutes=..):(?$seconds=..)/
>
> This is more maintainable than counting the brackets and easier to understand
> for a complex regex. And one does not have to worry about the scope of $1 etc.
This is probably one of the coolest RFC's I've seen so far. :-)
One question: How are these scoped? Are they lexicals? Global dynamics?
What if you want to change the scoping?
This is the only catch I see. Maybe requiring, under 'use strict':
my($hours, $minutes, $seconds);
/Time: (?$hours=..):(?$minutes=..):(?$seconds=..)/
Input?
-Nate
